I was a sophomore at Wright Junior College in Chicago in 1981, quite determined to be a professional broadcaster,...
Interview with Aldon Lynn Nielsen on Gil Scott-Heron
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Rainier Beach Arts Roundtable & Mapes Creek
It's kind of a joke in the bioregional community that bioregionalists are people who fly all over the world to tell...
Clyfford Still Museum 2026 Institute Residential Fellowship
Your humble narrator was awarded a Residential Fellowship for July 2026 at the Clyfford Still Museum. Here was my...
Lorin Medley Interview
Our latest Cascadian Prophets podcast interview is now up. Lorin Medley is a poet from Comox, B.C. Her first chapbook...
We are Axolotls: Somos Ajolotes Anthology
I'm delighted to have work in a new bilingual anthology! From the Carbonation Press website: We are Axolotls: Somos...
Gallery 100 Panel Discussion The Beauty Shop
I have the good fortune of being a moderator at Gallery 110 this Saturday from 4 to 6. 110 3rd Avenue S, Seattle....
Theodore Roethke, 1st Cascadia Poet
I had the good fortune to interview Bill Barillas on The North American Sequence of Theodore Roethke. Sam Hamill told...
12 Stringed Mind in the Place of Sand Imbolc 2026 DaySong @ Poetry Bridge
I've been fortunate to have been offered featured readings over the last few years at Poetry Bridge, which happens at...
Ralph Towner 1940-2026
One of my greatest disappointments in life is that I never saw Ralph Towner in concert. He died today in Rome. There...
Celebration of Koon Woon
On Wednesday night at C&P Coffee Company in West Seattle, longtime Seattle poet and publisher Koon Woon was...
An Ocean of Time—The Poetry of Sam Hamill Set to Song
Jan 2, 2026 Interview with Cornelius Eady on Proof
On January 1, 2026, a 34-year-old, immigrant, Muslim, democratic socialist mayor was sworn in to run the largest city...